New Jersey

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noun

a state in the eastern United States, on the Atlantic coast. 7,836 sq. mi. (20,295 sq. km). Capital: Trenton. Abbreviations: NJ (for use with zip code), N.J.

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OTHER WORDS FROM New Jersey

New Jer·sey·ite

[jur-zee-ahyt], /ˈdʒɜr ziˌaɪt/, New Jer·sey·an, noun

Words nearby New Jersey

Ne Win, Newington, New Ireland, newish, new issue, New Jersey, New Jersey plan, New Jersey tea, New Jerusalem, New Jerusalem Church, New Journalism

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How to use New Jersey in a sentence

The goal, she says by video chat from New Jersey, should be “to find something that people would rather be eating, or would like just as much.”
They're Healthy. They're Sustainable. So Why Don't Humans Eat More Bugs?|Aryn Baker|February 26, 2021|Time
With Mitchell in the driver’s seat, Pinnock and Mitchell’s wife, Kisha, who is Pinnock’s sister, went along for the long ride from New Jersey to Texas, helping 2-year-old Blake fine-tune his alphabet recitation.
Texas is in desperate need of plumbers. Two brothers-in-law drove more than 20 hours straight to help.|Lateshia Beachum|February 26, 2021|Washington Post
He enjoyed hearing about Victoria’s childhood in New Jersey and how she and her friends would skip school to hang out by Springsteen’s house in the hopes of catching a glimpse of him.
Date Lab: It was her first date in 25 years. It made quite the impression on him.|Vijai Nathan|February 25, 2021|Washington Post
When he was 4, his mother moved north with him and his brother, stopping in New Jersey before settling on Chicago’s South Side.
The Murder Chicago Didn’t Want to Solve|by Mick Dumke|February 25, 2021|ProPublica

The rocker pleaded guilty to drinking alcohol in an enclosed area, the lone charge remaining from his arrest last November in a national park in New Jersey.
DWI, reckless driving charges against Bruce Springsteen dropped|Bethonie Butler|February 24, 2021|Washington Post
But the enemy of the new emirs is neither the Jew nor the Christian, it is the godless militant defending secularism.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The influential al Qaeda propagandist, who was born in New Mexico, died in a U.S. drone strike later that year.
France Kills Charlie Hebdo Murderers|Nico Hines|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Back in New York, the slow pace and inward focus of her yoga practice was less fulfilling.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Allegations of transphobia are not new in the world of gay online dating.
Grindr’s Trans Dating Problem|David Levesley|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
With all that said, representation of each of these respective communities has increased in the new Congress.
The Unbearable Whiteness of Congress|Dean Obeidallah|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Descending the Alps to the east or south into Piedmont, a new world lies around and before you.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
Here began indeed, in the drab surroundings of the workshop, in the silent mystery of the laboratory, the magic of the new age.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
Joe looked at her with a smile, his face still solemn and serious for all its youth and the fires of new-lit hope behind his eyes.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
There seems something in that also which I could spare only very reluctantly from a new Bible in the world.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
We should have to admit that the new law does little or nothing to relieve such a situation.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips

British Dictionary definitions for New Jersey

New Jersey

noun

a state of the eastern US, on the Atlantic and Delaware Bay: mostly low-lying, with a heavy industrial area in the northeast and many coastal resorts. Capital: Trenton. Pop: 8 638 396 (2003 est). Area: 19 479 sq km (7521 sq miles)Abbreviation: N.J., (with zip code) NJ

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for New Jersey

New Jersey

State in the northeastern United States, bordered by New York to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Delaware Bay to the south and west, and Pennsylvania to the west. Its capital is Trenton, and its largest city is Newark.

notes for New Jersey

One of the thirteen colonies.